<i>In the barn on Christmas Eve, </i><br><i>After all the people leave, </i><br><i>The animals, in voices low, </i><br><i>Remember Christmas long ago . . .</i><br><br>So begins a sweet rhyming story in which a group of animals recounts the events surrounding Jesus&#213; birth in the manger, and the parts some of their ancestors played in it. This is also a counting book.